Screening shall be required in order to conceal specific areas of high visual impact from both on-site and off-site views. Such areas shall be screened at all times, unless otherwise specified, regardless of adjacent uses, districts or other proximate landscaping material.
(A) Items to be screened. The following areas shall be screened:
(1) Outdoor trash storage (including recycling containers);
(2) Loading and service areas;
(3) Outdoor storage areas (including storage tanks); and
(4) Ground level mechanical equipment and utility meters.
(B) Screening methods.
(1) Vegetative material. Planting materials meeting the standards for a Type III buffer.
(2) Berms. Earthen berms shall measure at least two feet in height. Berms shall be covered with grass and shall be planted with other landscaping materials consistent with the requirements for a Type III buffer.
(3) Fencing. An opaque wooden fence, or a plastic, or vinyl designed fence that is configured to appear as an opaque wooden fence, measuring at least six feet in height, but not exceeding eight feet in height, that is consistent with the standards in §§ 152.215 through 152.221 of this chapter. When wood is utilized, only treated wood or rot-resistant wood, such as cypress or redwood, shall be used. Chain link, barbed wire, stock wire, hog wire, chicken wire and similar type fences are not permitted.
(Ord. passed 3-5-2018) Penalty, see § 152.999